So after a few lessons from http://everydayfoodstorage.net/f/legumes, I got about 4 pounds of beans and got them ready to freeze today. I bought navy, red, and northern beans. These are beans that we typically eat a lot of. I did get the navy, because everyday food storage
http://missvickie.com/howto/beans/howtobeantypes.html
When I froze them, I put them into 1 cup portions in sandwich bags. I then put the sandwich bags in a 1 gallon freezer bag. This way, they are all together and I can be cheap and not have to waste a freezer bag on each portion.
Now that I am posting this, I am making my second batch. We already ran through this one.
~trish
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ReplyDeleteTrish, do you have an suggestions for good bean recipes? Thru the produce co-op we're part of, I purchased 4 pounds of cranberry beans but no idea what to do with them.
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